• Meta chat (Was: substr() - copying or not copying, that is here the question.)

    From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to comp.lang.awk on Wed Jun 11 12:11:18 2025
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    In article <102bh1b$1sskv$1@dont-email.me>,
    Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    I'm not interested in meta-chat. - But you can derive part
    of the answer already from my recent reply to Kenny's post
    (only a few days ago). HTH.

    Yes. I agree. I have included the text below - for Mack's benefit.
    It summarizes quite accurately your position on this issue and should be
    taken as the final word.

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    I don't know where you've got that from. - I was merely suggesting
    an IMO sensible and compatible change of a function in a way other
    functions (standard and non-standard) have already been extended.
    I think it belongs in the core and I was suggesting and discussing
    that.

    If the relevant official developers don't think so then it is as it
    is and they may just ignore my suggestion. I have no stakes in GNU
    Awk, only (maybe academical) interest, so I even don't really care
    much beyond that.

    Janis
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    Mack's confusion arises from being confused about what your motives are.
    (I could - and probably will at some later time - expand upon what I mean
    by this, but for now, the previous sentence will have to suffice)
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